diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index b01ea0d7160d..6bb04409e725 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ struct dio {
 	 * wish that they not be zeroed.
 	 */
 	struct page *pages[DIO_PAGES];	/* page buffer */
-};
+} ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
+
+static struct kmem_cache *dio_cache __read_mostly;
 
 static void __inode_dio_wait(struct inode *inode)
 {
@@ -330,7 +332,7 @@ static void dio_bio_end_aio(struct bio *bio, int error)
 
 	if (remaining == 0) {
 		dio_complete(dio, dio->iocb->ki_pos, 0, true);
-		kfree(dio);
+		kmem_cache_free(dio_cache, dio);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1180,7 +1182,7 @@ direct_io_worker(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
 
 	if (ret2 == 0) {
 		ret = dio_complete(dio, offset, ret, false);
-		kfree(dio);
+		kmem_cache_free(dio_cache, dio);
 	} else
 		BUG_ON(ret != -EIOCBQUEUED);
 
@@ -1256,7 +1258,7 @@ __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
 	if (rw == READ && end == offset)
 		return 0;
 
-	dio = kmalloc(sizeof(*dio), GFP_KERNEL);
+	dio = kmem_cache_alloc(dio_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	retval = -ENOMEM;
 	if (!dio)
 		goto out;
@@ -1280,7 +1282,7 @@ __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
 							      end - 1);
 			if (retval) {
 				mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-				kfree(dio);
+				kmem_cache_free(dio_cache, dio);
 				goto out;
 			}
 		}
@@ -1308,3 +1310,10 @@ out:
 	return retval;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__blockdev_direct_IO);
+
+static __init int dio_init(void)
+{
+	dio_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dio, SLAB_PANIC);
+	return 0;
+}
+module_init(dio_init)